Werewolf - Blood and Rage

Well diary i am glad that is over. as i sat outside the tunnel of love watching for threats i logged into the circus radio system. only to hear that there was something called the tub of flesh here in the circus. from the way the carnies were talking it is serious bad news. and it might be in there with my friends. i took the only route i could in the situation sending a message through the totem. i know that messages are being intercepted so i simply sent and all clear, hoping that they would realsie that i would not send a message at all if i had no reason, and hoping that suc a message would be allowed through. luckly it turned out that the tub of flesh was not in the ride. but by the time i knew this my pack were out of that place. and they were not alone, they had the missing kin. we took them to a gypsy tent who claimed to be priestesses to the true patron god of this place. The carnival had been subverted and corrupted by eveil entities and the priestesses could remove their evil infulence over an individual, but they could do it only once. with the blessing in place we left as quickly as we could, making plans to take the kin folk home early the next day

Something to be put in here involving wicked circuses & scary clowns. Also long dead investigators and evil monkeys.

Martin Price (hacks the wyrm) Well diary this place is disturbing. Merlow went into a strange hall of mirrors. and got lost. I folloed him in. the place was a night mare. i felt as if i was being watched constantly with evil following my every move. i managed to get marlow out but i dont want to ever go inside something like that again. To make matters worse something about this place seems to be able to listen in to our messages to our totem and even change them if it wants. once out in the free air it seemes that my pack mates had met a priestess who had warned them against the clowns and rides. if only we knew that before. Grey Paw once more picked up on the trail of the missing kin folk, which led to the tunnel of love. my Pack decided to enter it from a maintanance hatch. this time we decided to enter in force. But being cautious we left a watch outside the ride to warn if any threats might follow them. given my skill with technology i Volenteered to keep watch alone. i could hack the radios of the workers in this strange place and maybe disable any alarms before they became an issue. so here i sit alone watching the clowns watching me.

well the drive back was just as long as the one up. but we made it back in one piece. i settled in for a nices rest, but i must have upset some one as i got called out in the middle of the night to some pound. it seems Poledra Stalks the skies managed to get inpounded. it did not last long though and as it turns out it was a front for some vampire collecting dogs for some reason. i passed the info onto whispers with systems, it the sort of thing her pack enjoys. before following the trail of the kin folk to a creepy old curcus. if i did not know any better i would wonder if Giaia had a hand in this as this was the same place the clown from kins came from. it was clear immediatly that this was no ordinary circus, in the umbra its a battle field between wyrm and wyld spirits. we need to be careful here.

Marlow
Well, we managed to get back after the long van journey, but all went well. Decided to go off and snooze in with my kinfolk family, but was woken up by a dream I had of Pole, being attacked and captured by a member of that most neferious, evil organisations: The Pound! Obviously, I would need help to get her out of their fortress of evil! Upon reaching Rena’s apartment, I managed to convince the doorman to let me access the buttons and found Grey Paw answering! Sadly, Grey Paw is a little slow with technology, so it took a little convincing to get up to Rena’s apartment. Long story short, I explained the situation to Rena and Greypaw and we had to discuss what we were going to do. We called Martin to find out which Pound it might be, the city has more than one…incidious!
I got another dream (Vision? not sure what the proper term is, but it sounds right), while we were travelling by taxi (Greypaw seems rather tense whilst in the car. He was like that in the train too…hmmm…). Pole told us that there was a strange man at the Pound, who smelt funny and was talking in Wolf.
After some arguing over how to get there, we arrived outside the Pound. I had my rite of the Questing Stone ready when Pole came out from round the corner, claiming that a vampire had just tried to force her into a van parked round the corner. I tried to convince the others that this must be proof that the Pounds were linked with the stinking Blood suckers, but they didnt believe me. Before I could make a good case, Grey Paw pointed out that Pole had in fact discovered a trail we could follow of the newly-weds we were searching for.
We followed the trail through the underground, which was again an intereting experience. still, it should be a fun time when we are done. The Trail ended infront of The Midnight Circus…

Waning Philodox Moon

so we finally got to meet the Uktena up state. it took a long car journey made even longer by Marlow’s insistence of filling his pockets with slowly rotting cheese, god i cant see how someone with a Garu’s nose can stink so badly. on the way we passes some of Poledra Stalks the skies family on their way to some meeting or another. eventually we reached the diner where we were to meet the Garu we had come to consult as a gift we gave them the books from our vampire raid (they were usless to us and it meant we did not have to deal with them) they were accepted as if we had given them something priceless. as a cost for their help they have charged us with finding a couple of kin folk on honeymoon in the city. should not be too hard.

Marlow
Right. So we got stuff from the Vampire…Gave my loot to the Frankweiler’s and the others went through the books. Only 1 book that was magical, along with some blood red flowers that smell iffy. Might be able to trade those, but you never know.
Before we began our journey to Nigra Falls (where the Uktena tribe lives), went to see The Great Mouse spirit. He taught me a new gift, but I had to carry a load of cheese around to give to various mice I found as Chiminage. I don’t mind, but I think the others got irritated.
We went via Rena’s van and everyone was complaining about how I stank of Brie. I didn’t think they would mind! It wasn’t like I smelt of vomit or someone else! and it wasn’t like it was especially strong cheese anyway. Didn’t stop Greypaw from buying some powerful smellies to spray all over the van and me too! still smell of flowers…which is new for me.
One thing of interest as we were travelling was we apparently met up with another pack, the Storm Rovers, who were going upstate to attend a marriage i think. One of their member’s was a 2nd cousin of Pol’s…could be wrong, but I think that was it. They chatted a bit, but nothing that interesting came up, so I went back to watching the surroundings and enjoying my beef jerky.
We got to meet Walks-the-Path of the Hidden Waters Uktena sept in a diner at Niagra Falls. Well, not there, but nearby. Pol’ chatted and explained our situation, but they wouldn’t help unless we did them a favour. Apparently, 2 newly wedded kinsfolk went off to the Big City to enjoy some of the City life for their honeymoon. Good on them! Hope they enjoyed themselves! Will have to tell them about some of the many art galleries and amateur theatricals we have going on. Only, they’ve been missing for a few days. hacks-the-wyrm has a few ideas, but we need to get back to the city to discover more. If we find them and bring them back, the other pack might help us with the Talon. At least we got a picture and some scents…that should help a little…I hope.

Well Violence over. all did not go according to plan. for starters Rena Friesz decided that stealth was not the way to go by jumping through a window. while the others tore the place, and its owner apart Marlow and my self set about collecting anything that may be of use. in his case that included the TV for some reason. by the time we collected all we could and marred all the blood runes on the walls the fight was mostly over. we collected what we could in the basement and left. not much more to it really, now we just need to decide what to do with all this.

Marlow
Right. Long story short, we killed us a vampire. Long story Long…well, we ended up arguing about what to do. In the end, decided that I should sneak in and find a way in, while others covered the exit and Greypaw stepped into the umbra. Fortunate we did, cause Greypaw came right back, telling us there were lots of Banes around the house.
Managed to sneak my way up onto the roof and started carefully removing tiles so I could make a large enough space to get through the roof windows…course, this was all made moot as Rena did a Tarzan impression right through the front window. Greypaw jumped through my hole and then disappeared. Went through to discover a load of knick-knacks in an old room. Greypaw returned, pointing out some books which werent magical, but looked valuable, then ran off towards the sounds of fighting. Joined him to see the others fighting a mud elemental of some sort infront of the doorway to the basement. entered into the frey, but Rena jumped past me and ran off in seach of the blood sucker, while i sliced the elemental apart with my glaive. Damn i love this blade! such a peice of art!
The others ran down the stairway as I did a little looking around on the ground floor. But a loud explosion below convinced me to go downstairs. Ran down to find the others had found said bloodsucker and were letting it monologue. On the other hand, there was lots of stuff around! Ignoring the blood sucker, i got my sack open and began putting things inside. It got hot inside as the bloodsucker summoned a column of flame around him! Now thats some serious magic! Uktena will be pleased we freed whatever books we got from this overgrown tick! Managed to swipe me some books, a nice TV and some bits of art for the Frankweilers (A fine goblet and some nice sketches/portraits).
Had to run of course, after the others had dealt with teh vampire, cause the building was on fire, but all in a days work i say!

well that was interesting. we got a tip that a vampire (what a world first werewolves, now vampires, what next mummies) was holed up in queens with some forbidden Lore. we promised tour totem when he accepted us that we would recover any such lore for the Garu. so no choice really heading upstate would have to wait. who ever thought getting to queens would be such a challenge. we all took the subway, but Grey paw had a minor panic attack and slipped sideways, dragging Reana with him. lucky no one noticed really. all we could to was carry on and wait for them. had a decent luch for once without the vegan complaining. eventually they arrived having made a deal with a rat spirit to show them he way. the next problem was we had no idea where the vampire was and queens is not a very small place. so we started where any sensible person starts, and research, the local library, that turned out to be a bit of a waste of time. but Marlw and pol did get a lead, not sure why it involved marlow shaving a dog, but we eventually fllowed a cat (yes i do mean a cat, dont ask) to a house that grey paw confirmed was likely the place as it was most definatly wyrm tainted.

Marlow
Greypaw and Rena managd to meet up with us, but we figured we needed info on the bloodsucker before we jumped in and dealt with him. Decided to go to the library to see if I could find something useful, while the others went off looking at various books. DUnno why, but hey, each to his own. They might find something useful. The old newspaper archives was useful, as a number of interesting things had been going on in the area the vampire was in recently. Also, smelled like someone else had been looking at these files recently. Wonder if it was another pack? dunno why i feel dirty for touching those files…still, no worries.
After the library, we split to get some more info. I decided to see what the other free spirits of the area had to say of the surroundings. Cooked them a nourishing meal as we chatted since it was close to lunchtime, but it was worth it. Lunch is good and important to have, but also found out some interesting info. Apparently, there have been lots of muggings and diappearing people recently. Also, new doctor opened up a charity practise nearby. Some crystals are healing wacko, though apparently they do deliver results, so maybe some human wierd mystic stuff.
When we met back up, Pole asked me to help her shave a dog. never done that before and must say, it was hilarious to do! Only partially shaved little doggy, but wow…cant see myself doing that to another garou…at least, not doing it and geting away with it without some very good plans…hmmm, maybe can try against one of them fallen garou? Still, Pole said we did it cause a local cat offered some info which turned out to be the location of the blood suckers home. Greypaw confirmed this, as he had been sniffing around for wyrm taint. Yay! Go us! We found the vampires lair!

well diary that was dramatic. i owed a favour to a fire spirit to burn down an strng hold of the wyrm and i knew just the place. The Frat on campus might complain about the rise in beer prices, but drinking so much is not good for them any way. we snuck back into the the kings facility to burn the wyrm tainted place to the ground. getting in was easy but we had to hide, it seemed that kings has a number of unusual customers. a strange clown for one who was demanding a tithe of beer that one of the breweries kings brought owes them by achient contract. odd that a travelling circus is owed beer in perpetuity. maybe there is more to this circus than meets the eye. we waitted untill the clown left and set our blaze going. that was a sight to see all that beer and spirit soaked paper really burned well.

Marlow
Ok, Hacks-the-Wyrm is boss for this Chimage, so we figured we’d follow his lead. He suggested we sneak in and burn it from within…sounds good and means we can definitely do damage. Hacks got in disguised as a student, while Grey Paw and I entered via the umbra. Course, before we could do much more, we spotted a corrupt Weaver spirit logging 2 sacks around. Naturally, we discovered those sacks contained smaller, slime/corruption spirits we dealt with. Grey Paw introduced the Corrupted Weaver spirit to the error of its ways and cleansed it (I let him use my glaive…dont like it, but for the Greater Good and all). Found out those packages were supposed to be dropped off after being collected from 3 possible locations. Still, we continued in until we came across one of the company big-wigs offices. A big-wig in question was being harranged by a clown of all things. Granted, even I dont think clowns are funny, but I think this was more The Joker kinda clown. Just hope it dont end up a Violator type clown.
Anyway, we waited until clown and bigwig were gone, then popped in and rummaged around for anything flammable. Using my gift, we started a fire and left. Had to run for it though, as our fire had attracted some flame spirits and we were in a bit of a curry to make ourselves scarce. Still managed to make it out though, where Grey Paw used his Weaver bound ticket to take us to Central Park.
With that done, we could do a little hunting around for an Uktena Pack we could use as an intro to our upstate Uktena pack. course, we dont know many but we managed to learn from Faster-than-Death that there was a vampire with magical items around. If we have magical items, we could trade them to another Uktena pack for help. Sounds like a sound idea.
Vampire’s in queens, so we took the underground to get there. Turns out Greypaw has claustrophobia, since he and Rena disappeared midway through. Had to wait for them to return (they got a rat spirit to help out).

Grey Paw Is arson ever really casual? The spirits would know. A chiminage is fulfilled by burning an unclean brewery’s administration building to the ground.

Marlow
Well, looks like we decided to put the Talon decision on halt for now. We promised to help Hacks-the-Wyrm burn down a bastion of a wyrm…in this case, the Brewery we investigated last time and found Banes in. Couldnt happen to a nicer group i say. The beer there was horse piss anyway. Must be the effects of banes. Will have to remember; bad beer could mean Bane tainted…but that means the world is much more screwed than I originally thought. Oh well, more work for us!
Back to the issues with Chimages. We went off looking for spirits to teach us various gifts that could come in handy and of course, we were given Chimages to work on them. Meara (Such a lovely name…must remember to read a poem with a name like that), the Spirit of the Sept of the Green, helped us there. She offered to summon spirits so we could all learn gifts, but we would owe her favours for it. I now owe her 2 favours…wonder what she might ask me to do? Doubt it will be another rendition of the Phantom ofthe Opera…now that would be fun!

dear diary well the moot is an interesting thing. after the official ceremonies were over with we all got down to the real business of the moot. it was almost like a gathering of polititions each faction separated off from each other and got down to the serious business of negotiation. I wonder how many of the decisions made this night that would effect the running of the city for years to come. this was one of our only chances to speak to the elders about the purpose placed apon us in our prooving. we could not talk of it openly but we could say enough to get some ideas on how to carr out our purpose. we were really confronted by three options but only one that made any sense. we would need to visit a sept of uktenea upstate and ask them about sealing it away once more.

Grey Paw The basic traditions of the Moot have been observed and now the Sept members split up, mingle & form groups to discuss Moot type business. The Galliards share their songs of knowledge, the Philodoxes their wisdom, the Ahroun’s show off and trade, the Ragabashes teach and the Theurges propitiate the spirits.
The hunters of the falling star, look to the spirits for wisdom & strength. We keep our word to the City Father and go pay a visit to Meara with whom we negotiate for the learning of gifts.

Marlow
Had a good time with the others at the Moot. Lots of fascinating things to watch and learn, but a little business needed of course. Still have to sort out the issue with the Talon of the Wyrm we have…had to remind myself not to ask about it openly, despite that being the most obvious way to get information. I must be like…hmmm…who would make for good inspiration as an investigator? Something to consider for later…
We did end up having some interesting chats here and there. Learnt that there was a pack hunting a blood sucker one of their number knew of in a past life. Dont want to intrude, but it would be interesting to hunt one of those…heard so much about them from…nevermind.
After the moot, we decided to discuss our options regarding the Talon. Option 1 → Send it up into space somehow…possible, but dont know how we are going to sneak into and plant it on the next rocket up… Option 2 → Chat with an Uktena tribe up state whos ancestors sealed it before…possible again, but dont know how willing they might be… Option 3 → Drop it off in the Trench of…whatever it was call. Admit I wasnt paying that much attention at the last one. Option 2 sounds most feasable, but Option 1 sounds most fun. Guess We shall see…